Greece's coast guard on Friday rescued dozens of migrants whose boat ran aground on a deserted islet off southwestern Greece, while another boat landed on the Aegean Sea resort island of Mykonos, well west of the normal migrant route. The coast guard said the first vessel appeared to have been carrying migrants trying to clandestinely reach Italy from Greece. The coast guard said all were in good health. Those now arriving on Greek islands from Turkey face deportation back to Turkey unless they successfully apply for asylum in Greece. An aid group said Friday that five bodies had been recovered a day earlier off Libya after a small wooden boat capsized.
Source: ABC News August 19, 2016 06:22 UTC